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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 26, 2021, 1:06 AM EDT for Dawson County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2021, 1:06 AM EDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 5:44 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Sautee, GA | LYNCH MOUNTAIN ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Camp Coleman Lake, GA | GORDON ROAD WASHED OUT AND CULVERTS ARE BLOCKED. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Camp Coleman Lake, GA | ROCKY CREEK ROAD HAS WASHED OUT AND THE CULVERTS ARE BLOCKED. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Camp Coleman Lake, GA | ROBERT JARRARD ROAD HAS WASHED OUT AND THE CULVERTS ARE BLOCKED. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Camp Coleman Lake, GA | PORTION OF THE ROAD WASHED OUT ALONG PARADISE VALLEY ROAD AT PARADISE VALLEY CAMP GROUND. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Qualatchee Lake, GA | EDGE OF TOLLHURST ROAD HAS WASHED OUT. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Cleveland, GA | PORTION OF THE ROAD WASHED OUT AT TENATEE GAP VALLEY ROAD AND AMANDA LANE. |
| Mar 26, 1:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Anna Ruby Falls, GA | GULLIES WASHED OUT ONTO BETHEL ROAD. |
| Mar 26, 1:20 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Dahlonega, GA | ALL LANES OF SR-19 SOUTHBOUND REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Mar 26, 1:40 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Qualatchee Lake, GA | MUDSLIDE IN THE 17000 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 75N. |
| Mar 26, 1:48 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sautee, GA | FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LYNCH MOUNTAIN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 255. |
| Mar 26, 1:52 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Qualatchee Lake, GA | FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF FRANK BLACK ROAD AND NIGHT HAWK DRIVE. |
| Mar 26, 2:22 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Helen, GA | THE INTERSECTION OF EDELWEISS STRASSE AND MALOOF STREET IS FLOODED. |
| Mar 26, 2:41 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Camp Coleman Lake, GA | THE INTERSECTION OF TOWN CREEK CHURCH ROAD AND TOWN CREEK ROAD IS FLOODED. |
| Mar 26, 3:13 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Camp Coleman Lake, GA | FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOWN CREEK ROAD AND GLADE BRANCH ROAD. |
| Mar 26, 3:48 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sse Camp Coleman Lake, GA | FLOODING ALONG MILL CREEK TRAIL. |
| Mar 26, 5:18 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Helen, GA | FLOODING AT BRUCKEN STRASSE AND EDELWEISS STRASSE |
| Mar 26, 5:39 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Helen, GA | FLOODING ALONG BETWEEN THE 600-700 BLOCK OF BRRUCKEN STRASSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 476 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted.
493
WGUS52 KFFC 260506
FFWFFC
GAC085-187-311-261115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FF.W.0006.210326T0506Z-210326T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
106 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central Dawson County in north central Georgia...
Lumpkin County in north central Georgia...
White County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 715 AM EDT Friday.
* At 106 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Dahlonega, Cleveland, Helen, Unicoi State Park, Turners Corner,
Porter Springs, Camp Coleman Lake, Whitley Gap Shelter, Qualatchee
Lake, Smithgall Woods Conservation Are, Low Gap Shelter,
Robertstown, Camp Merrill, Anna Ruby Falls, Sautee and Nimblewill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3453 8420 3461 8420 3460 8419 3465 8414
3465 8407 3464 8404 3467 8402 3468 8399
3471 8398 3474 8395 3472 8384 3474 8383
3478 8383 3479 8374 3479 8370 3479 8368
3476 8363 3472 8362 3465 8366 3447 8411
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
469
WGUS72 KFFC 260944
FFSFFC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
544 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
GAC085-187-311-260954-
/O.CAN.KFFC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210326T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dawson GA-Lumpkin GA-White GA-
544 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL DAWSON,
LUMPKIN AND WHITE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3453 8420 3461 8420 3460 8419 3465 8414
3465 8407 3464 8404 3467 8402 3468 8399
3471 8398 3474 8395 3472 8384 3474 8383
3478 8383 3479 8374 3479 8370 3479 8368
3476 8363 3472 8362 3465 8366 3447 8411
$$
TVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 8:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 8:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 8 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 5 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 59 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 9:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 16 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 10 days |
| Mar 25, 10:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 10:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 21 days |
| Mar 25, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 10:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 9 days |
| Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 16 min |
| Mar 25, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 12:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 9 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 3:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | White | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 9 min |
| Mar 26, 4:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 5:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 8 min |
| Mar 26, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 37 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 11:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 44 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.